Monthly Archives: January 2013

Bay Area Real Estate Price Gains Driven by Major Supply-and-Demand Shift

<!– Home News Bay Area Real Estate Price Gains Driven by Major Supply-and-Demand Shift –> By Brandon Cornett | January 18, 2013 © 2012, All rights reserved <!– Trending: Mortgage Rates are Rising On August 16, 2012, the average rate … Continue reading

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US Home Prices Surge Despite Distress

Just six states, Delaware, Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Alabama saw annual price depreciation. New Jersey still has a huge backlog of distressed properties, as does Illinois. Arizona, Nevada and California are seeing big home price gains, as … Continue reading

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Harcourts plants flag in the Bay Area, partners with Platt Inc.

Blanca Torres Reporter- San Francisco Business Times Email  | Twitter  | Google+ Platt Inc. Real Estate, a boutique Oakland-based real estate company, has joined Harcourts USA, a national real estate firm based in Aliso Viejo, and is changing its name to Harcourts … Continue reading

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Rentals Chip Away at Home Builder Gains

“Single family starts did ‘improve’ suddenly early in 2012 on the Twist gap down in mortgage rates, but it quit ‘improving’ several months ago. Once 2013 data start to come in, the segment could quickly go from year-over-year positive to … Continue reading

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Bay Area home sales, prices surging

Jon Walawitch is preparing to sell his midcentury Hayward home so he can retire from his job as a SamTrans bus driver and move to Nevada or New Mexico. It’s a normal life transition – but one that would have … Continue reading

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